01/12/2013: The Dutch military has begun the deployment of two Patriot missile batteries to Turkey as part of the NATO mission to augment Turkey’s air defenses. On Monday the 7th of January a convoy of 160 vehicles left a military base near Eindhoven. The Patriots are set to arrive in…
01/12/2013: Footage of the US Army's two Chinooks that are assigned to the "Sugar Bears" B Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Fort Wainwright, AK, that assisted the Royal Dutch Shell's Kulluk Arctic drilling rig by hulling gear to the rig. Kulluk Arctic Drilling Rig Assistance (1) from SldInfo.com on…
2013-01-11 By Robbin Laird Energy security is a key element of national security. The missing piece of America's energy security policy, in turn, is the glaring absence of a strategy to coordinate and secure the enormous energy resources of the Western hemisphere. Today, America is over-dependent on the increasingly volatile Middle…
2013-01-11 by Dr. Xin Song, Leonard Zuga, and Professor Michael Pecht In early October of 2012, the US House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence published its Investigative Report on the U.S. National Security Issues Posed by Chinese Telecommunications Companies Huawei and ZTE. The report caused a brief political flap…
We have published earlier our look at the challenges facing China economically. Our Strategic Inflections Report was based on interviews with the Chinese investor class and looked at the prospects of a hard economic landing. http://sldinfo.wpstage.net/products/may-2012-sip/ A new report released by London-based Centre for European reform underscores some of the…
Central Asia has become more visibly significant as the West has engaged in Afghanistan. The logistics routes to support Afghanistan often reached through Central Asia. But as the big Afghan engagement draws down, it would be a mistake to return to benign neglect of this region. The US and the…
2013-01-10 We have just published a new Special Report. In this special report, Richard Weitz looks at various aspects of the evolution of policy in the region and how the dynamics of change might play out in the period ahead. Central Asia has become more visibly significant as the West…
2013-01-09 Recently, the Indian government announced that Airbus Military was its preferred supplier for a new tanker. We will look soon at the possible impacts of a deployed fleet of A330MRTTs on the Indian Air Force and Navy as well as the ability of the Indians to sustain power projection…
